By Kafilat Agbaje, MSPS, Oluwabukunmi Olajubutu, MSPS, Omotola Gbadegesin, Ph.D.
Modern medicine is in constant pursuit of smarter, safer, and more targeted ways to deliver drugs. While pills, patches, and nanoparticles have revolutionized how treatments reach our cells, microbe-based drug delivery is quietly emerging as a new frontier. In this approach, scientists are harnessing the power of bacteria and fungi to carry therapeutic agents deep into the body, with remarkable precision.